![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Japanese Cargo Craft Arrives at ISS An unpiloted Japanese resupply ship, the "Kounotori"2 H-2B Transfer Vehicle (HTV2 ), was captured and berthed to the Earth-facing port of the Harmony module of the International Space Station Jan. 27, 2011. The berthing took place after an automated five-day flight following its launch on the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's H-2B rocket Jan. 22 from the Tanegashima (pron: Tah-nee-GOSH'-ih-mah) Space Center in southern Japan... Keywords: Where -- Japan Downloads: 29 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Students at Stennis Question Station Crew Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 28 Flight Engineers Ron Garan and Mike Fossum of NASA is joined by Satoshi Furukawa of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency to discuss life and work on the orbital laboratory with students gathered at the Stennis Space Center in Bay St. Louis, Miss. during an in-flight educational event on August 18, 2011. Keywords: Where -- Japan Downloads: 14 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Japanese Cargo Ship Heads for the International Space Station A Japanese H-IIB (H-2-B) rocket launched from the Tanegashima (pron: Tan-uh-GOSH'-ih-mah) Space Center in southern Japan on Jan. xx, 2011, to place the "Kounotori" (pron: Kah-no-TORR'-ee) HTV2 cargo ship into orbit for a rendezvous with the International Space Station. The HTV2 is loaded with almost 5 tons of supplies and spare parts for the station. Upon its arrival, it will be grappled by the station's robotic arm and attached to the Earth-facing port of the Harmony module, from where its carg... Keywords: Where -- Japan Downloads: 48 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | JAXA Astronaut Talks with Japanese Students Aboard the International Space Station, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, flight engineer on Expedition 28, answers questions posed by undergraduates from his country's Akita University. Keywords: Where -- Japan Downloads: 26 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | JAXA Flight Engineer Chats with Japanese Media While aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency talks with the media about his work on the orbital laboratory. Keywords: Where -- Japan Downloads: 20 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | ISS Crew Member Talks with Hospitalized Children in Japan In a downlink from the International Space Station, Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, a medical doctor, chatted with children at the Nagano Children's Hospital in Azumino City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan on June 23. Furukawa, who provided inspirational words for the hospitalized children, is in the midst of a five-and-a-half month mission on the station. Keywords: Where -- Japan Downloads: 13 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | ISS's Furukawa Speaks with Japan's "Young Astronauts" Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) discusses his mission with members of the Young Astronauts Club in Japan via special linkup with the International Space Station on August 30. Keywords: Where -- Japan Downloads: 15 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Station Crew Member Questioned by Japanese Media Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 29 Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency discussed the progress of his mission and the research being conducted on orbit during an in-flight interview Sept. 28 with Tensai-TV and NHK in Japan. Keywords: Where -- Japan Downloads: 23 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Expedition 29 Launches to the Space Station Expedition 29 Soyuz Commander Anton Shkaplerov, NASA Flight Engineer Dan Burbank and Russian Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin launched on the Russian Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft on November 14, 2011, (November 13 in the United States) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to begin a two-day journey to the International Space Station. The trio will dock to the station on November 15, U.S. time, to start a five and a half month tour on the complex, joining station Commander Mike Fossum of NASA, ... Keywords: Where -- Japan; Where -- Kazakhstan Downloads: 2 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Two Launches Top This Week @NASA NASA astronaut Mike Fossum and Satoshi Furukawa of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency joined cosmonaut Sergei Volkov aboard the Soyuz spacecraft he commanded and lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome for the International Space Station. A little more than two days later, the trio joined Commander Andrey Borisenko, and flight engineers Ron Garan and Alexander Samokutyaev aboard the ISS. Also sent aloft was the Aquarius/SAC-D spacecraft to orbit the Earth and analyze the oceans for their com... Keywords: Where -- Japan; What -- Earth Downloads: 15 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Japanese Prime Minister Calls ISS Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa of the Japan Exploration Aerospace Agency discussed the progress of his mission with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan during an in-flight conversation Aug. 23, 2011. Furukawa has been aboard the station since June and will return to Earth in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in mid-November. Keywords: Where -- Japan; What -- Earth Downloads: 14 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Returning Station Residents Talk of Journey Home Post-landing interviews with Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum of NASA and Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa of Japan, and the return of Cosmonaut Sergei Volkov to Chkalovsky Airfield near Star City, Russia are among the post-landing highlights. Keywords: Where -- Japan; Where -- Russia Downloads: 36 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | ISS Crew Member Talks with "TV Tokyo" Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency discusses the progress of his mission aboard the International Space Station with viewers of the Japanese program "TV Tokyo" during an in-flight interview on August 16, 2011. Keywords: Where -- Japan; Where -- Tokyo Downloads: 23 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Kennedy Ships Off ISS Spare Parts to Japan Cargo bound for the International Space Station is on its way to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Tanegashima Space Center in Japan to begin final processing for launch. A flex hose rotary coupler and a cargo transportation container departed the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Aug. 19. The flex hose rotary couple is used to transfer liquid ammonia across the rotary joints that allow the space station's radiators to rotate... Keywords: Where -- Japan; Where -- Florida Downloads: 33 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Station Crew Member Discusses Life in Space with Elderly Japanese Citizens Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 28 Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa discussed the research he is conducting on the orbital laboratory with elderly Japanese citizens gathered at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's control center in Tsukuba, Japan during an in-flight event on September 14, 2011. Part of the discussion involved Furukawa, who is a physician, offering thoughts on how some of the research being conducted on the station might yield benefits for the elderly back ... Keywords: Where -- Japan; What -- Earth Downloads: 29 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Burbank Assumes Command of ISS The reins of the International Space Station were passed from Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum of NASA to his NASA colleague, newly arrived Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank in a ceremony on the complex on November 20, 2011. Burbank and Russian Flight Engineers Anton Shkaplerov and Anatoly Ivanishin arrived on the station on November 16 for an expedited handover with Fossum, Russian Flight Engineer Sergei Volkov and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa, who wi... Keywords: Where -- Japan; Where -- Kazakhstan; What -- Earth Downloads: 10 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Safe Landing for Soyuz on This Week @NASA Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum of NASA, Russian Soyuz Commander Sergei Volkov and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa landed safely on the steppe of Kazakhstan only hours after bidding farewell to the Expedition 30 crew and undocking their Soyuz spacecraft from the International Space Station. Also, Glenn and Apollo 11 crew get Gold Medal; new astros online application; Europan ocean; recycling and shredding; and more. Keywords: Where -- Japan; Where -- Kazakhstan; What -- Apollo 11 Downloads: 23 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Station Crew Discusses Life in Space with South Dakota Media Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 28 Flight Engineers Ron Garan and Mike Fossum of NASA and Satoshi Furukawa of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency talk about the progress of their mission with South Dakota Public Broadcasting during an in-flight interview on Sept 1. Fossum was born in Sioux Falls, S.D., but considers McAllen, Texas his home town. Keywords: Where -- Japan; Where -- South Dakota; Where -- Texas Downloads: 18 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Crew Grabs New Parking Spot in Space Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov and Flight Engineers T.J. Creamer of NASA and Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency relocated their Soyuz spacecraft from the Earth-facing port of the Zarya module to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module. The move opens up the Zarya's port for the installation next week of the new Russian "Rassvet" (RASS-vyee-et) Mini-Research Module 1 by Atlantis' astronauts on the fifth day of the upcoming STS-132 mission to the station. Keywords: Where -- Japan; Who -- Soichi Noguchi; What -- Zvezda; Who -- Oleg Kotov Downloads: 1 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | ISS Sees Katia, Two More Storms Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 28 crewmembers and external cameras captured new video on September 2, 2011 at 4:01 a.m. EDT of Tropical Storm Talas over Japan moving north-northwest with winds of 65 miles an hour, at 9:41 a.m. EDT of Hurricane Katia in the Atlantic moving west-northwest with winds of 70 miles an hour, and at 12:50 p.m. EDT of Tropical Storm Lee meandering in the northern Gulf of Mexico, creeping up toward the coast of Louisiana with winds of about 35 miles an... Keywords: Where -- Gulf of Mexico; Where -- Japan; Where -- Louisiana Downloads: 24 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Station Resident Talks with Pacific Students Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 29 Flight Engineer Satoshi Furukawa of the Japan Aerospace and Exploration Agency discussed his mission with students gathered at the Japan-Pacific Information and Communications Technology Center located at the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji, during an in-flight educational event on Oct. 13, 2011. Furukawa is scheduled to return to Earth in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft on Nov... Keywords: Where -- Japan; Where -- Suva; Where -- Fiji; What -- Earth Downloads: 14 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Station Crew Marks Passing of Nespoli's Mother Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Cady Coleman and Ron Garan of NASA and Alexander Samokutyaev and Andrey Borisenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency paid tribute to the late mother of Italian Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli of the European Space Agency with a moment of silence and a view of Italy out of the window of the Cupola at 9:05 a.m... Keywords: Where -- Germany; Where -- Alabama; Where -- Italy; Where -- Russia; Where -- Japan Downloads: 26 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Expedition 32/33 Crew Members Discuss Next Mission Expedition 32/33 crew members Sunita Williams of NASA, Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency are set to launch to the orbiting outpost aboard the Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft July 15 and return to Earth in November. Keywords: Where -- Japan; Who -- Yuri Malenchenko; What -- Earth; NASA; ISS; Expedition; 32/33; Crew; News; Conference Downloads: 10 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | "Red Carpet" Out for ISS Guests Expedition 23 Commander Oleg Kotov, and Flight Engineers Mikhail Kornienko, Alexander Skvortsov, NASA astronauts Tracy Caldwell Dyson and T.J. Creamer, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi warmly greeted the STS-132 crew to the International Space Station following space shuttle Atlantis docking Sunday morning. Commander Ken Ham, Pilot Tony Antonelli and Mission Specialists Garrett Reisman, Steve Bowen, Mike Good and Piers Sellers are scheduled to spend a week a... Keywords: Where -- Japan; Who -- Piers Sellers; Who -- Garrett Reisman; Who -- Soichi Noguchi; Who -- Oleg Kotov Downloads: 11 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Expedition 30 Crew Meets Officials and Reporters as Launch Approaches Expedition 30 Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko, NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit and European Space Agency Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers appeared before the Russian State Commission on December 20, 2011, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The commission gave its final approval for their launch December 21 to the International Space Station. The crew also conducted a final pre-launch news conference at the Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters as they prepared for liftoff in the Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft... Keywords: Who -- Yuri Malenchenko; Who -- Oleg Kononenko; Where -- Kazakhstan; Who -- Suni Williams; Where -- Japan Downloads: 13 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | U2 in Space and On Tour with NASA A year's worth of collaboration between NASA and U2 both in space and on the Irish rock band's "360" world tour is highlighted in a new video produced by the group. In 2009, U2 approached NASA with the idea to include the crew of the International Space Station in its shows, and the astronauts agreed to participate in this unique experience. Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. spoke with the Expedition 20 crew on the space station several times before the astronauts recorded a vid... Keywords: Where -- Japan; Who -- Koichi Wakata; Who -- Frank De Winne; Who -- Gennady Padalka Downloads: 43 |  |
![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | Next ISS Crew Meets Media, Pays Homage at Red Square Expedition 32 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko, NASA Flight Engineer Suni Williams and Flight Engineer Aki Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency participated in traditional ceremonies at Red Square in Moscow on June 22, 2012, laying flowers at the Kremlin Wall and touring the Kremlin as they paid tribute to iconic Russian space heroes. The ceremony is part of traditional activities conducted in advance of their launch to the International Space Station on July 15... Keywords: Where -- Japan; Where -- Moscow; Who -- Yuri Malenchenko; Where -- Russia; Who -- Suni Williams; Exp; 32; 33; Crew; Pays; Homage; at; Red; Square Downloads: 10 |  |